Installation Skills and Careers

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

910 occupations report this skill · Category: Transferable Skills · O*NET element 2.B.3.d

Occupations reporting Installation

Importance and level are O*NET scale values. Ordered by reported importance. A skill rating does not indicate hiring outcomes.

OccupationImportanceLevelNational median wage
Information Security Analysts1.50.5$129,180
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood1.50.5$42,770
Watch and Clock Repairers1.50.6$67,230
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining1.50.6$57,430
Energy Auditors1.50.5$74,690
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers1.51.0$53,750
Tile and Stone Setters1.50.6$55,690
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.50.5$46,550
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders1.50.5$41,330
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders1.50.6$46,570
Sound Engineering Technicians1.50.6$73,130
Museum Technicians and Conservators1.50.5$51,440
Set and Exhibit Designers1.50.6$75,240
Quality Control Analysts1.50.5$62,280
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons1.40.4$61,290
Database Administrators1.40.5$104,620
Health Informatics Specialists1.40.5$105,850
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters1.4$61,390
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians1.40.5$74,510
Highway Maintenance Workers1.40.5$50,260
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers1.40.4$49,450
Microsystems Engineers1.40.6$122,930
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment1.40.4$35,830
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators1.40.6$59,850
Carpet Installers1.40.6$50,340
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers1.40.4$57,020
Tapers1.40.5$68,270
Agricultural Equipment Operators1.40.4$41,730
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders1.40.6$50,270
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers1.40.4$58,430
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels1.40.6$92,460
Photographers1.40.4$44,660
Semiconductor Processing Technicians1.40.5$51,430
Nuclear Technicians1.40.6$110,240
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators1.40.6$40,610
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians1.30.3$116,580
Computer Programmers1.30.4$100,390
Hydroelectric Production Managers1.30.4$126,060
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials1.30.3$35,060
Helpers--Extraction Workers1.30.4$47,730
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining1.30.4$74,500
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators1.30.3$70,070
Segmental Pavers1.30.5
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters1.30.3$47,550
Electrical and Electronics Drafters1.30.4$76,870
Photonics Engineers1.30.3$122,930
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall1.30.4$49,120
Web Developers1.30.5$92,650
Terrazzo Workers and Finishers1.30.3$76,170
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic1.30.3$48,750

Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.